V2 pna support - not LK8000

Windows Mobile 6.1 is running on Windows CE 5. Read this carefully...
Windows Mobile is not an operating system.
So if a software works on CE 5, it can work also on any environment based on
CE5 too.
The only problems may be some libraries missing, which is no big deal since
there are plenty of places to get them.
The real issue is about the lack of hardware keys, so if a software counts
on them , it will be in troubles.

There is no "PNA" or "PDA" architecture, at least not more than "HP" "Asus"
"Sony" "DELL" architecture.
They are just hosting an operating system which is the same, on different
hardware.

This is why a decent software can run on a 2002 PDA and on a 2012 PNA.
And mind, latest devices do not use CE 5, they use CE 6, which is quite
different internally to CE 5.
Windows CE 6 (for example, Holux 61CS is based on CE 6) has no more the 32M
memory limit per process.
The CE engine is very fast compared to any other OS (and I have been using
Linux since 1994!).
It is also very well documented, and in full source code.
The problem is: user interface is a disaster, and at microsoft they never
really understood it was such a shame.


paolo


"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:57:09 -0800, Darryl Ramm wrote:

On Sunday, November 18, 2012 3:40:01 PM UTC-8, wrote:


This is probably a dumb question but can the V2 GliderGuider run
GlideNavII...as Gregg Leslie posted under another similar
thread...you can't beat the simplicity of GNII



I'm guessing - NOT. I think most programs will have to be ported to
the PNA (not PDA) architecture and hardware environment (serial ports,
internal GPS, display, etc).



TA

I expect it would might work for a few reasons, inclding screen
resolution, orientation etc., but just a technical point the V2 is a
Windows Mobile 6 device and from that viewpoint differs from
typical"PNA"s that use Windows CE only.

Here's a data point:

In September I wanted to see if the new Binatone R350, which was
advertising a 'brighter new display', was any better than my 3 year old
B.350 (it wasn't). I did this by persuading persuaded my local Maplins to
let me stick an SD card in their shop display unit and run up LK8000 3.0d
for a side-by-side comparison in direct sun.

My B.350 uses Windows Mobile 6 and the R350 uses Windows CE 6 .NET. I'd
cloned the SD card, so both PNAs were running identical LK8000 installs.
Both 'just worked'.

A couple of years ago we discovered that older B.350s were running
Windows Mobile 5 but later batches of what was labelled as the same PNA
used Windows Mobile 6. Again, the same version of LK8000 'just ran' on
both machines.


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